Uptight
In this landmark collaboration between activist and actress Ruby Dee and director Jules Dassin, Black revolutionaries are betrayed by one of their own. Based on the 1935 classic "The Informer."
- Rated
- M
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Released
- 1968
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1968
Storyline
In this landmark collaboration between activist and actress Ruby Dee and director Jules Dassin, Black revolutionaries are betrayed by one of their own. Based on the 1935 classic "The Informer."
Top credits
Raymond St. Jacques — B.G.
Ruby Dee — Laurie
Frank Silvera — Kyle
Roscoe Lee Browne — Clarence
Did you know
• Producer/director Jules Dassin wanted to remake The Informer (1935) with an all-black cast, set in inner-city America. The original Liam O'Flaherty story was based on the Irish rebellion against the English in the early 1920s. Dassin felt it mirrored black-white relations in the US in the 1960s.
• Ruby Dee's only screenplay credit.
• With the passing of Max Julien on January 1, 2022, there are officially no living main cast members remaining.
User reviews
very good movie with serious political commentary
A lost film that deserves to be found
The Rage of the Ghetto Encapsulated in This Diamond in the Ruff
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
